As we dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of ability and pure luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the board to your inside board and at the same time your opponent shifts their checkers toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player chips moving in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific strategies at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift her chips, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely stop any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s pieces will either get hit, or end up in a battered position if he ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be setup anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. After you have successfully built the prime to block the activity of your opponent, the opponent doesn’t even get to roll the dice, that means you move your checkers and roll the dice again. You will be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Tactic
The aims of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game tactic are very similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions with hope to improve your odds of winning, however the Back Game strategy relies on alternate techniques to achieve that. The Back Game plan is commonly used when you’re far behind your opponent. To play Backgammon with this technique, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This strategy is more challenging than others to play in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.